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PETER- H. JACKSON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,105, dated November 27, 1 883.

- Application filed May 8, 1883. (No model.)

Teal; whom it may concern..-

Be it known that 1, PETER H. JACKSON, of

San Francisco, State of California, have ina greater amonntof light from the front to.

pass to the rear, and do away with the basement piers or columns for supportingthe parts between the side walls, and which obstruct the light of the basement.

It consists of-a series of suspension rods or columns extending downward from thegirder above to the sill, through which they pass or to which they are properly secured, and in connection with them. of certain devices and details of construction, all of which will be 'more fully explained by reference to the ac-- I companying drawings.

Figure 1, Sheet 1, isa view of my invention. Figs. 2 and 3, Sheet 2, are enlarged details of construction. Figsnt and 5, Sheet 8, are views of the wrought-iron girden Fig. 6, Sheet 4, shows manner of supporting the rods. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section of the same with the area-lights.

.In the ordinary construction of basements and basement-extensions, it is necessary to eniploy 'piers intermediate between the side walls to support the parts above, and these piers not only cut off the light, (which is admitted principally through the basement-extension,) and thus render the rear portion of long basements dark, but also separate the basement from theextension, so that the latter is in the form of a small room and of impaired value. In some cases girders have been placed across this space between the side walls; but as these girders must be of considerable depth to give them the necessary strength, they also cut off considerable light from the rear of the basement.

In my invention, A are suspension-rods, the upper ends of which are secured to the arched or other girder B above, while their lower ends pass through the door sill or plates M and risers N at the bottom, and thus suspend bottom to form ornamental columns. .in pieces may be fitted into the base and them from above. The girder B is either an arched or straight girder, having horizontal flanges or shoulders on its upper and lower I side, said shoulders or flanges being provided with holes or eyes to receive the attaching rods or bolts of the columns or suspensionbars. In case a curved or arched girder is employed, it is braced by atie-rod,'as indi- B, with the column bolted tothe solid part of the girder, as at D. (See Fig. 4.) The tops of the columns are grooved out, so as to receive the transverse tie-rods E. (See Fig. 3.)

F shows the method of attachment when a sectional arched girder is used. In this case the column has additional long bolts G,which extend fromthe flanges of the large columns up through the horizontal bottom flange of the girder, and for a very large column asuspension rod or rods in addition may extend down the length inside the column, with washerplates and nuts on the bottom of column. These large columns may have the usual doors attached to their backs.

At A, I have shown the suspension-rods ex-' tending downward from the girder to which they are secured, and they are partially surrounded by metallic sleeves H,which serve as an exterior finish, and also as sash-bars to hold the glass in place, (see Fig. 7,) thus giving all necessary strength and support with the smallest possible obstruction for display-windows. These sleeves may be nickel or silver plated, and are swelled or shaped to suit at the top and Fillingaround the rod, and the whole are held together'by set-screws; The basewill rest upon the door-sill M, while the suspension-rod A passes through a holein the sill, and also through a collar, 0, (see Fig. 6,) which just fits inside the end of the riser, and the whole is thus securely suspended from the rod, suitable bolts and nuts holding the whole in place. The doorsill extends back to the first wood beam I, Figs. 3 and 7, and is screwed down from the top by countersunk screws, which prevent any side movements. The open-work grating or the solid panel S, Figs. 4: and 7, of the lower partof the window, is secured to the base of the end column G and to the lower part of the sleeve H by bolts, as shown. The illuminated platform T is secured to the bottom of the panel S, while the door-sills M are secured to the sides of the columns, and the riser N is bolted to the front of the columns resting on the bottom flange, Q. WVhere the str ight wrought or cast iron girder is employed above, as in Fig. 4, the columns and rods with the sashes are supported from such a girder, and in turn support the door-sills, risers, and bottom plates in the same manner, giving the least possible obstruction to light in the basement, while providing also the fullestspace for show-windows, where required. The beam or girder above may be concealed by the cornice and fascia, as shown at B, Fig. lVith columns suspended in this manner, they being hollow and the bottom left open, with openings under and through the ornamental capitals,a good ventilation of the base- Patent, is, r

1. Suspending-rods depending from a girder above the entrance-openings of a building,

said rods being surrounded by recessed metallic sleeves to form sash-bars, substantially as herein described. 1

2. Suspending-rods depending from beams or girders above the entrance-openings of a building, in combination with the recessed surrounding sleeves with capital and base, as shown,- and the panels and illuminating-platforms secured to and suspended from said rods, substantially as herein described.

suspending rods or columns depending from beams or girders above the entranceopenings of a building, and having the surrounding recessed sleeves .to form sash-bars, in combination with metallic panels and an illuminating-platform secured to and suspended from said rods without other support from below, substantially as herein described.

4. Suspending columns depending from 

